Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof - Gedenktafel
Florianigasse 8, Josefstadt (1080), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Marmor
- Plaque made
- 1959
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Florianigasse 8
- District
- Josefstadt (1080)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.21219, 16.35368
- Object number
- 95589
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1848 · Plan der k.k. haupt- und residenzstadt Wien (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1862 · Karte des Donau-Stromes innerhalb der Gränzen des österreichischen Kaiserstaates (Austrian National Library)
- 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
In den Jahren 1886 und 1895 / wohnte in diesem Hause / L. L. Zamenhof / dem die Welt die internationale Sprache / Esperanto verdankt. / Geboren am 15. Dezember 1859 in Bialystok / Russland studierte er an der Universität / Petersburg, Warschau und Wien Augen- / heilkunde erhielt das Offizierskreuz der / französischen Ehrenlegion des Spani- / schen Isabellenordens und das Ehren- / doktorat der Universität Cambridge. / Sein Leben war der Förderung edlen / Menschentums und der Völker- / Verständigung durch Esperanto / gewidmet. / Er starb in Warschau am 17. April 1917. /
1859 * 1959 / Internationales Esperanto-Museum / in Wien
English translation
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Inscription
In the years 1886 and 1895 / lived in this house / L. L. Zamenhof / to whom the world owes the international language / Esperanto. / Born on 15 December 1859 in Bialystok / Russia, he studied at the University / of Petersburg, Warsaw and Vienna (ophthalmology); / he received the Officer's Cross of the / French Legion of Honour, the Spanish / Order of Isabella and the honorary / doctorate of the University of Cambridge. / His life was dedicated to promoting noble / humanity and of international / understanding through Esperanto, to which he was / devoted. / He died in Warsaw on 17 April 1917. /
1859 * 1959 / Internationales Esperanto-Museum / in Vienna
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